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Monday, January 26

Big Daddy Aaron McCargo Jr. appeared on Live with Regis and Kelly this morning to talk about Game Day Grub. While his tortilla encrusted chicken tenders looked pretty good (and Regis' pronunciation of "tore-till-uh" elicited a few chuckles), Aaron's choice of a white button-up shirt with a super sweet embroidery of some sort makes me fear our biggest of daddies has been taking fashion tips from the other big man on Food Network, Guy Fee-Eddie.

i hate guy! he's such a fucking guido. i cant stand his lingo... i can't stand his recipes. i hate his bleached hair and his wrist bands. i hate his flip flops, his khaki shorts, and the way he puts his sunglasses behind his head.

he's like 35+ and still bleaches his hair and tans in a booth like the other california guidos. he makes me sick.

i frankly could give a huge crap what ANYONE wears on these stupid shows if they can just speak proper english and actually cook something and have it be instructive fun and fabulous.is this too much to ask???obviously!

ps GF CAN be rather annoying but trust me folks he is laughing at that vicious spittle flying out of your mouths all the way to the bank.....

*big sigh* I'd worked a couple weeks with Guy's assistant to set up a meeting between him and the rock band I work with. When we were gigging in Santa Rosa, we heard from one of Guy's "krew" that he was a fan of ours, and I was doing the man a favor.

(hey, I kinda liked Guy. I shared a charity dinner with him in October. He was cocky that night, but not insufferable.)

He showed up 2 1/2 hours late for the meeting - no messages - we were just left hanging there. I texted his assistant to see what was up after about an hour, and she said she'd been unable to get a hold of him all day.

So we gave up and left the bar. Right as everyone had gone their separate ways, the assistant texted me that he was on his way. I went back to speak to him in person.

After a minute or two, he recognized me, called me "the crazy one." (I do have a wicked and rather bawdy sense of humor) He had a few laughs with his entourage camera crew at my expense, said that if the band felt like it, they could all come back now that he was there.

I said no, that we'd already waited 2 1/2 hours and spent $400 at the bar. We were beat, and everyone had gone already.

Oh well, he said, turned his back on me and went inside.

(Sorry to vent here, Jacob. Your post was just incredibly timely) I'll move on now ....

Food Network: I don't want to see an arrogant fat rude slob cook. A woman would never get away with looking as crappy as Guy looks on camera. Would not happen. But because he's male we're supposed to accept his slob demeanor, idiotic clothes and bad hair dye job as "just a regular guy."

And now his slobbiness appears to be rubbing off on the other amateurs you're shoving at us these days.

Guy Fieri needs to go back to his "Man Cave" and start using his rowing machine on a regular basis. And then he needs a visit from those 5 gay guys who might just might be able to help him look slightly more presentable. But it would be their biggest challenge I'm sure.

Okay, so Guy can be pretty annoying. Christ, just get over it already, people. The FN has basically made him the face of the network and you're either going to have to accept that and ignore him, stop watching, or continue to whine for the rest of your days.

I would say Bobby, Tyler, Alton, Sunny and Mario seem to be pretty cool people.

But guess what? We don't know these people. I don't understand why everyone is so obsessed with judging everyone based on the half-hour they see them on TV. A commenter here had a lousy run-in with Guy, but most of you won't even be in the same STATE at these people. So just chill the hell out and concentrate on their recipes and not their supposed "jerkiness."

Anon @ 6:59pm, you forgot to add "In My Own Opinion" to your uninsightful analysis of Aaron. What does his having an 8th grade education have to do with his cooking skills? Still grabbing at straws to find a reason to dislike him without straight up saying you just don't like him because of his skin color. He could clearly cook circles around what little competition he had on "NFNS", that's what got him the show.

You people are not going to believe this, but I saw Guy Fieri and Billy Mays together at a swanky restaurant the other day. Everyone there noticed them because, both of them were talking very very loud!I wonder what's going on?